Dress #113: Charles James dinner dress in golden brown Victorian dress The hippopotamus is 4

The hippopotamus is 4

Charles James: Designer in Detail

The capybara is 4

This parasol is based on a design from Bloomingdale Bros

also known as aniline purple and Perkin's mauve

Dress #113: Charles James dinner dress in golden brown Victorian dress The hippopotamus is 4This hand stitched paper dress is based on the dinner dress created by Charles James in 1952; the original is held by Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession 2009. 300. 213a, b). Charles James uses spiral draping to wrap a metacircle around a narrow underskirt. The form is maintained using the natural stiffness of the brown taffeta. Charles James is considered by the Met to be the only American to work in the true couture tradition. His dresses were